Current Affairs Related to Examinations with Static GK: 01 September 2024
- Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Dr. T.V. Somanathan has taken charge as the new Cabinet Secretary.
- Indian shooter Avani Lekhara has won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Standing SH-1.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day National Conference of District Level Judicial Officers in New Delhi on August 31.
- India’s Aarti has won the bronze medal in the women’s 10,000 meter walk event at the World Under-20 Athletics Championship.
- Nepal Tourism Board has received the Gold Award from the Pacific Asia Travel Association in the category of sustainable tourism for the livelihood improvement project.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brunei and Singapore on a three-day visit starting September 02.
- India, Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka have signed a Charter and a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Colombo Security Conclave Secretariat to address security and stability challenges in the Indian Ocean region.
- The Indian Army launched the first phase of Project Naman, designed to provide dedicated support and services to defense pensioners, distinguished soldiers, and their families.
- In the 56th Executive Committee meeting of the National Clean Ganga Mission held in New Delhi, 9 projects worth Rs 265 crore have been approved.
- For the academic year 2024-25, the central government has reserved four MBBS seats exclusively for families affected by terrorism.
- The Reserve Bank of India launched the scheme for trading and settlement of Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrB) in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently inaugurated the GST Bhavan in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
- Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) launched ‘Samudra Pratap’, the first indigenously built pollution control vessel for the Indian Coast Guard, in Goa.
- India’s Manish Narwal won a silver medal in the Men’s 10-meter Air Pistol Shooting SH1 category at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
The 22-year-old Indian para shooter scored 234.9 in the final, losing the gold to Jo Jeongdu of the Republic of Korea. - Joseph Francis A. Pereira, a Christian from Pakistan, became the first person in Goa to obtain Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant presented the citizenship certificate to Pereira during a ceremony in the state capital, Panaji. - India’s Rubina Francis continued the strong performance of the country’s shooters at the Paris Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the Women’s Air Pistol SH1 event.
Rubina scored a total of 211.1 points, securing third place in the final of eight women. - The Centre announced that IPS officer Rajwinder Singh Bhatti will be the new Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and IPS officer Daljeet Singh Chaudhary will head the Border Security Force (BSF).
- T.V. Somanathan assumed the Cabinet Secretary’s office after Rajiv Gauba’s retirement.
Rajiv Gauba has served as Cabinet Secretary since 2019 and completed an unprecedented five-year term. - The Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed a bill to increase the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
- Kerala Tourism was awarded the globally acclaimed Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2024 in the Digital Marketing Campaign category for its online contest ‘Holiday Heist’ at a ceremony held in Bangkok.
- Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, inaugurated the ASSOCHAM Environment and Carbon Conference in New Delhi.
Theme of the conference: Promoting Collaborative Ecosystems to Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2070. - Bangladesh has emerged as the new champion of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Under-20 Championship football tournament.
This victory marks a significant milestone in the football history of Bangladesh, as it is the first time the country has won this prestigious title. - Uttar Pradesh government has decided to provide scholarships to all students enrolled in over 500 Sanskrit schools across the state and has removed the previous income condition, which required families to have an annual income of less than 50,000 rupees.
- Avani Lekhara successfully defended her Women’s 10-meter Air Rifle Shooting Standing SH1 title at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, becoming the first Indian woman in history to win two gold medals at the Games.
- Indian Paralympian shooter Mona Agarwal won a bronze medal in the Women’s 10-meter Air Rifle event at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
- Preeti Pal won a bronze medal in the Women’s T35 100-meter event at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024, with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.
- Gautam Adani (62) and his family topped the 2024 Hurun India Rich List, surpassing Mukesh Ambani with a wealth of ₹11.6 lakh crore.
- The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi launched a centralized platform to make workplaces safer for women by resolving and managing sexual harassment complaints.
She-Box Portal is a significant advancement in the government’s efforts to ensure the safety of women at the workplace.
